All the stories tagged with: windows 8
Windows 8 on ARM (WOA) has Office apps
02/10/2012, Windows 8 on ARM (WOA as Microsoft calls it) might end up as extremely appealing to folks who want to continue their Excel and PowerPoint experience even on a touchscreen tablet device. Of course, other Office apps will also be [...]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview to be released on February 29th
02/08/2012, For those of you with tons of questions about Windows 8 and can’t wait to find out what it’s like, this year’s MWC is going to give you some of the answers. Microsoft has started sending out invitations for a [...]
Windows 8 losing the Start button?
02/06/2012, If you’re a fan of the Start button that has been with the Windows operating system ever since Windows 95, it looks like Windows 7 might be the last place you can see it. According to some new reports about Windows [...]
AMD to double down on mobility, thin & light
02/02/2012, During its Analyst day, AMD’s CEO Rory Read said that his company would “leverage its PC chips technology” to enter the tablet market. He also said that AMD would stay away from smartphones at the moment, because it is a [...]
Windows 8 watch concept looks stunning
02/02/2012, Concepts come and concepts go – but some of them leave more of an impression on us than the rest. Here, we have the Windows 8 watch concept that certainly seems to hail from a distant future. After all, the [...]
Windows 8 is stable on ARM processors
01/30/2012, A handful of sources out there have reported that there are demos available which depict Windows 8 running on high-profile devices from key manufacturers, and a stable build of Windows 8 suitable for ARM architecture is expected to roll out [...]
Does Nokia have a Windows 8 tablet in store for us? [Rumor]
01/27/2012, With iOS and Android competing against each other in the tablet market, it’s hard to ignore that Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 sports a rather tablet-friendly UI with its Metro UI design, and without doubt Microsoft does have plans to eventually [...]
Microsoft details Windows 8 sensor support
01/25/2012, Microsoft does seem as though they are embarking on a quest to transform their upcoming desktop operating system, Windows 8, into a platform that will conquer mobile platforms as well. After all, who is to be blamed for thinking that [...]
Skydroid turns your Android device into a Windows 8-lookalike
01/24/2012, If you’re a fan of how Windows 8 looks but you don’t want to lose all the functionality and customizable options on your Android device you’re luck. A bunch of developers have banded together to create something that gives you [...]
Windows 8 tablet minimum requirements revealed
01/17/2012, Microsoft has previously mentioned that Windows 8 will have no problem running on computers that can already run the Windows 7 operating system but it looks like the company wants to be a bit stricter when it comes to tablets. [...]
Wintel tablets rumored to be pricey
01/16/2012, With the plethora of Android tablets available on the market available for less than price of Apple’s iPad 2, you would think that Windows 8 tablets would have to cost about the same to stand a chance against them. Well, [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA announced
01/09/2012, [CES 2012] At the Consumer Electronics Show today, Lenovo launched the IdeaPad Yoga YOGA – a device touted to be the industry’s first multi-mode notebook with a 360 flip-and-fold design (hence the name “yoga”). The IdeaPad YOGA essentially combines a [...]
Intel Nikiski prototype ultrabook demonstrated at CES
01/09/2012, [CES 2012] At Intel’s press conference today, the company unveiled its plans to flood the market with over 75 different ultrabooks this year. While most of them weren’t anything out of the ordinary, there was one which caught our attention: [...]
